An ethnographic study of barriers to cancer pain management and Opioid availability in India

Oncologist

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 515-522

  LeBaron, Virginia ^a   Beck, Susan L ^b   Maurer, Martha ^c   Black, Fraser ^d   Palat, Gayatri ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Victoria Hospice Society   (Canada)

^e Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Foundation   (Canada)

^f INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Ethnography; India; Morphine; Nursing; Opioids; Pain management; Palliative care; World health

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CAREGIVER; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ONCOLOGIST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POLICY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84900010279     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0435     Document Type: Article

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